It is Labor Day weekend and every store at Karen’s local shopping mall is offering sales and promotions. Help Karen decide which stores are offering the best deals. Be sure to show your calculations. Use at least three module vocabulary words in this assignment.
1. Store A is offering Karen’s favorite jeans at 15% off their regular price of $25. Store B is offering the same pair of jeans at 25% off their regular price of $30. How much must Karen pay at Store A? How much must she pay at store B? At which store should Karen buy her jeans?
To calculate how much Karen must pay at Store A, we need to find 15% of $25. To find the amount, we can multiply $25 by 15% written as a decimal: 25 * 0.15 = $3.75.
So, Karen must pay $25 - $3.75 = $21.25 at Store A for her favorite jeans.
To find how much Karen must pay at Store B, we need to find 25% of $30. To find the amount, we can multiply $30 by 25% written as a decimal: 30 * 0.25 = $7.50.
So, Karen must pay $30 - $7.50 = $22.50 at Store B for her favorite jeans.
To decide at which store Karen should buy her jeans, she should choose the store with the lower price. As we calculated earlier, Karen should buy her jeans at Store A since it will cost her $21.25 compared to $22.50 at Store B.